I do this these days. I buy all my games, and even went back and bought the games I used to pirate in my young days. (I think I've bought Beyond Good and Evil 3 times off of steam, direct2drive, and the GOG)

If I buy a game I have no problem circumventing the DRM if it gives me any problem at all. I just want to play the game.

Rule of thumb, buy the author's work, and cirvumvent the publisher's DRM. You are still supporting the devs, and that's what it's all about.

I don't see how anyone could get upset over this. Whenever I buy a retail copy of a game, this is what I do automatically when I get home before installing. A quick copy/paste of a file is better than dealing with disc checks, activation sequences, and all the other douchebaggery associated with DRM.

Well according to some anti-pirate evangelists both near and afar, we need to bend over, take it up the rear from devs no matter what and enjoy what we get, whether DRM screws us or not. I pay for all my stuff minus TV shows (Alpha said it perfectly on page 1) and some music.